simmer
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
temperature just below the boiling point
the stew remained at a simmer for hours
Types & categories
- temperature hypernym
Related & opposite
- simmer derivation
Sense 2 verb
boil slowly at low temperature
simmer the sauce
Types & categories
- boil hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | simmer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | temperature |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | simmering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | simmer |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | boil |